† after the name of a civil parish indicates that the parish was effected by the operation of the Divided Parishes Acts, but the Registrar-General failed to obtain particulars of every such change. The changes which escaped notification were, however, probably small in area and with little, if any, population. Considerable difficulty was experienced both in 1891 and 1901 in tracing the results of changes effected in civil parishes under the provisions of these Acts; by the Registrar-General’s courtesy, however, reference has been permitted to certain records of formerly detached parts of parishes, which has made it possible approximately to ascertain the population in 1921 of parishes as constituted prior to such alterations, though the figures in many instances must be regarded as partly estimates.

‡ after the name of a parish (or place) indicates that the ecclesiastical parish of the same name at the 1921 census was coextensive with such parish (or place).

§ after the name of a parish (or place) indicates that the civil parish of the same name at the 1921 census was coextensive with such parish (or place).

Top Level Census Data and Office of National Statistics

Parish

Acres

1841

1851

1861

Census Year

A

B

C

A

B

C

A

B

C

1851

Lynsted

1806

201

2

0

197

11

0

-

-

-

Teynham

2648

173

8

0

179

9

0

-

-

-

Kingsdown

695

17

0

0

16

1

0

-

-

-

1861

Lynsted

1806

-

-

-

197

11

0

218

4

0

Teynham

2648

-

-

-

179

9

0

190

1 1

0

Kingsdown

695

-

-

-

16

1

0

18

0

0

POPULATION

1801

1811

1821

1831

1841

1851

1861

1871

1881

1891

1901

1911

1921

Teynham

424

493

603

751

845

842

919

1694

1790

1839

1839

1701

1334

Lynsted

796

767

890

952

1030

973

1029

1165

1,284

1157

1215

1100

1169

Kingsdown

60

68

75

94

124

84

96

94

77

67

62

52

49

POPULATION

1931

1941

1951

1961

1971

1981

1991

2001

2011

Teynham

1,670

1,722

2,904

2,913

Lynsted

1,036

1,142

973

1,094

Kingsdown

55

46

nil

nil

Teynham & Lynsted Ward

3,200

KENT

1801

1811

1821

1831

1841

1851

1861

1871

1881

1891

1901

1911

1921

307,624

373,095

426,016

479,155

548,337

615,766

733,887

848,294

977,706

808736

961,139

1,045,591

1,141,666

1931

1951

1961

1971

1981

1991

2001

2011

1,219,273

1,564,324

1,701,851

1,399,463

1,448,393

1,508,873

1,579,207

1,727,665

Notes:

A = Inhabited Houses; B = Uninhabited Houses; C = In-Build

Due to the Second World War, there is no 1941 census data; 1931 census data was destroyed by fire;

UK: 1951 - 30% of households had no fixed bath; 4% had no WC (some would have shared);

Kent: 45% decline in agricultural workers from 1861 to 1931; 1991 they were 1% of Kent's population.

The 2001 Census led the Office of National Statistics to create short and readable county-level assessments of changes over the past 200 years - the Kent pdf file can be found here. Data from the 2011 Census can be browsed too.

"Factoids" (from bicentenial statistics for Kent)

The population of Kent increased five-fold between 1801 and 1991.

In 1991, one in six households in Kent did not have central heating, which compared to a GB average of one in five.

Between 1851 and 1901, the number of people employed on the railways in Kent (excluding construction) increased twelve-fold - from 563 people to 6,749 people.

In 1881, 8% of Kent's female population were employed as indoor domestic servants. Over 19 times as many females were domestic servants as males.

In 1851, there were 9 chimney sweeps aged between 5 and 9 in Kent.

In 1891 there were 3,071 shipwrights in Kent.

There was a rise in the population density of Kent from 0.5 people per acre in 1831, to 1.6 people per acre in 1991. This was above the GB average of almost 1 person per acre in 1991.

The number of people per household has decreased over the last 200 years. In 1801 the average household in Kent contained 6 people, compared to 2.5 in 1991. This was consistent with the 1991 GB average.